Renville County (North Dakota)
Renville County is a county located in the state of North Dakota in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mohall.
Geography
The County is located in northwestern North Dakota, bordering Canada and has an area of 2310 square kilometers, of which 45 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in the United States clockwise to the following counties: Bottineau County, McHenry County, Ward County and Burke County.
History
Renville County was formed in 1873. It was named for Joseph Renville.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Renville County 2,610 people in 1,085 households and 748 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.74 percent White, 0.23 percent African American, 0.65 percent Native American, 0.46 percent Asian, and 0.11 percent from other races; 0.80 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.73 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,085 households out of which 28.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.4 percent were married couples living together, 5.6 percent were single mothers, 31.0 percent were non-families, 28.5 percent of all households and 14.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 23.3 percent population under 18 years, 4.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 24.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 22.0 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were statistically 101.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,746, and the median income for a family was $ 36,023. Males have a median income of $ 25,346, women $ 16,700. The per capita income was $ 16,478. 8.5 percent of families and 11.0 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 14.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 9.1 percent of those 65 years.